Environment
Report: Policy reversals in the U.S. will only have a marginal impact on the global energy
According to the 9th Ed. of DNV’s “Energy Transition Outlook,” the U.S. energy transition slowdown will have only a marginal effect on worldwide progress, as momentum continues to build elsewhere, most notably in China.
Indonesia's Pertamina modifies two refineries to convert cooking oil into fuel
Pertamina is modifying facilities at its Dumai and Balongan, which will join its Cilacap plant that already processes vegetable oils into fuel.
Eni seeks approval for Sicily biorefinery, recycling plant
Italy's energy ministry recently cleared the application to proceed with the project, which will use the area currently occupied by Eni's ethylene plant, set to be gradually decommissioned.
Indonesia aims for B50 biodiesel in second half of 2026
The world's largest producer of palm oil has a biofuel program which blends palm oil with diesel to reduce reliance on fuel imports.
Green Carbon Development selects Axens Vegan® technology for new renewable fuels facility in Texas (U.S.)
Designed for a capacity of 10,500 barrels per stream day (bpsd), the project will deploy the Vegan® hydroprocessing solution to flexibly produce both sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (RD).
- ADNOC deploys heavy-duty inspector robot for hazardous environments 5/21
- Indonesia to roll out ethanol-blended gasoline, B50 biodiesel from July 1 5/21
- Australia plans biofuel mandates to boost its energy security 5/21
- HyOrc commences fabrication for Porto waste-to-methanol plant and advances European project pipeline 5/21
- Chevron introduces next-gen Techron in U.S. Chevron and Texaco gasolines 5/21
- Kremlin sees no risk to fuel supply in Russia amid attacks on refineries 5/21

